19th Century French Artillery Officer's Epaulette Pair with Case

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19th Century French Artillery Officer's Epaulette Pair with Case - Large, decorative stiff-framed epaulettes, displaying a small silvered domed Artillery insignia button on a fine silver wire upper, large raised silver bullion wire ridge flanked by rows of fine silver bullion wire on either side of the protruding wide oval cap, thirty-one rows of tightly-wound bullion wire fringe suspended at the end, black wool underside, thickly padded on the underside of the cap, large metal clips (passants) maker marked "BIDAL & PIAT / 3, RUE DE RICHELIEU. PARIS", allowing the epaulettes to be fastened to the shoulders of a uniform, 128 mm x 190 mm x 65 mm each, contact marks on the upper, fabric interruption in the end wire fringes on both epaulettes, near extremely fine. In their case of issue, base with rounded corners, thin wrap-around wooden sides, glued together on one long side, with matching bottom, held together at the seams with a linen-based tape, two white cotton ties on one exterior side and two inside at the foundation, both covered with brown kraft-based tape on the inside and bottom, respectively, with matching lid of similar construction, experiencing a tear in one corner of the base, very fine.

A Crimea Period c.1855 French Officer's Gorget - Brass base with a silver insignia affixed in the centre, the insignia illustrating a left-facing rooster, its right foot on a cannonball inscribed "FRANCE", its left foot on a flagpole, crossed French flags on flagpoles below, inscribed "LIBERTE" on the left one and "ORDRE PUBLIC" on the right one, oak leaf clusters around the tops of both flagpoles, the junction of the two flagpoles passing through a wreath of laurel leaves, insignia held firmly in place via eight intact prongs, holes on either end of the gorget for neck suspension, independent chamois liner on the underside, 55.5 mm x 129 mm, extremely fine.